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From Farm to Fork: With Spring on the doorstep, Cocina launched a new seasonal menu

Release Date: 17th April 2012

Cocina, the award winning restaurant at the 4 star Casa Hotel, has continued its commitment to providing a truly ‘Farm to Fork’ dining experience with the launch of its new Spring menu. Incorporating the latest seasonal produce from Walton Lodge Farm in Chesterfield, the new menu includes dishes such as ‘A Taste of Walton Lodge Pork’, comprised of pig cheek, fillet, crispy ear and belly, served with creamed potato and braised red cabbage. Casa is independently owned by entrepreneur, Steve Perez and Walton Lodge Farm, which is just four miles from the hotel, provides the majority of produce for the hotel, including beef, lamb, pork and eggs. Casa uses up to 1000 free range eggs a week and the bacon and sausages served in the hotel are made to their own recipe, using the produce from Walton. Walton Lodge Farm is under an organic conservation program and produces the vegetables used to create award-winning dishes at Casa, including parsnips, leeks, celery, onions, cucumber, courgettes, sprouts, cabbage and lettuce. The farm also produces all of the herbs for the hotel, including purple basil, mint, chives, rosemary and thyme, while Steve Perez hand picks the strawberries for the hotel in the summer. Steve lives at Walton Lodge Farm and established it with Farm Manager, John Brailsford before the hotel opened in November 2010. It was a natural progression for the farm to supply Casa with high quality, better tasting produce. Andy Wilson, the head chef at Casa commented: “We are really proud of Walton Lodge and how it supplies our restaurants, so we shout about it quite a lot. We have received great feedback about the food and it often gets a positive mention on Trip Advisor. I think the main pull for the customers is that they know where the produce comes from, and are confident that what they choose to eat is guaranteed to be of the highest quality. We are also the only hotel and restaurant to do this in the area, so it makes us quite unique.” – Ends – For further information on Casa Hotels call 01246 275302 or visit www.casahotels.co.uk For further media information please contact Victoria Civil, PR & Marketing Coordinator on 01246 245 986 or email victoria.civil@casahotels.co.uk Notes to Editor: Casa Hotel Conveniently located just off Junction 29 of the M1, Casa’s flexible facilities and approach to events allows it to cater to the specific needs of organisations looking to hold conferences or corporate events, as well as to those of people looking for a unique venue for a wedding or party. Casa has 11 purpose-built conference rooms capable of seating from 2 people up to 280 people, with all meeting rooms including air conditioning, adjustable lighting (colour co-ordination available in the Barcelona suite), natural daylight, free high speed wireless broadband, conference telephone and breakout areas. Facilities at Casa include: • AA 4* Hotel with 100 luxury bedrooms (including 6 suites, two with balcony hot tubs) • 11 Meeting rooms to cater up to 280 delegates • Banqueting suite for approx 200 seated guests • Gym • 100 cover AA rosette Cocina Restaurant • Selection of bars • Civil ceremony licence • 200 free car parking spaces • Complimentary high speed wireless broadband access throughout the hotel 96 deluxe bedrooms at Casa and each one features: • Air conditioning • Super King size beds • Rainshowers • 32″ Flatscreen televisions • Wi Fi • Floor to ceiling windows • Laptop safes • Mini fridge stocked with fresh milk and water There are six suites at Casa and in addition to the features in the Deluxe Bedrooms they offer: • Dining area / Lounge area • Dressing area • Separate shower cubicle • Double sinks • Jacuzzi bath (with Television) • Super King beds • Balconies (2 with hot tubs)